Janet Sarbanes

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Janet Sarbanes is an author and a professor of creative writing and cultural studies. [1] Her books Army of One and The Protester Has Been Released [2] are collections of short fiction. [3] [4] Her book Letters on the Autonomy Project is a collection of essays exploring the relation between art and politics via the concept of autonomy. [5] She has published numerous essays on art, aesthetics, pedagogy and communal practice. [6]

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Education

Sarbanes received her B.A. in comparative literature from Princeton [7] and her PhD in English from UCLA. [8] As a Princeton undergraduate, she spearheaded a successful effort to make the words of the school's alma mater gender inclusive. [9] [10]

Career

Sarbanes teaches creative writing and cultural studies at the California Institute of the Arts. [3] [11] [12]

Books and Notable Essays

Letters on the Autonomy Project

Letters on the Autonomy Project was published by punctum books in June 2022. [13] [14]

The Protester Has Been Released

The Protester Has Been Released [15] is a collection of ten short stories and one novella. [16] It was published by C&R Press in April 2017. [3]

Army of One

Army of One was published by Otis Press Seismicity Editions in Los Angeles. [17] [18]

"The Shaker 'Gift' Economy"

Sarbanes received the Eugene Battisti Award from the Society for Utopian Studies for her essay "The Shaker 'Gift'Economy: Charisma, Aesthetic Practice and Utopian Communalism." [19]

“Reframing the House of Dust”

Sarbanes received the Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for her essay project “Reframing the House of Dust: A Meditation in Many Parts.” [20] [21] [22]

Personal life

Sarbanes lives in Los Angeles. [1] Her father is former Maryland U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and her brother is U.S. Representative John Sarbanes.

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References

  1. 1 2 "LARB Radio Hour: Janet Sarbanes's "The Protester Has Been Released"; Plus Recent Chinese LGBT Literature - Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. ↑ "Best of 2017: Best Fiction Books". ENTROPY. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  3. 1 2 3 "Janet Sarbanes Wants Protesters to Persist | A WOMEN'S THING". A WOMEN’S THING. 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  4. ↑ "Army of One". www.spdbooks.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  5. ↑ "Letters on the Autonomy Project – punctum books". punctumbooks.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  6. ↑ "A Community of Artists: Radical Pedagogy at CalArts, 1969-72". East of Borneo. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  7. ↑ Golden, Daniel (2009-01-21). The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates. Crown/Archetype. ISBN   9780307497376.
  8. ↑ Banta, Martha (1993). Taylored Lives: Narrative Productions in the Age of Taylor, Veblen, and Ford . University of Chicago Press. ISBN   9780226037011. janet sarbanes ucla.
  9. ↑ "Is Old Nassau Sexist? Princeton Examines Its School Song".
  10. ↑ "Princeton Sons Take Note of Daughters in Their Midst".
  11. ↑ "Reframing the House of Dust: An Interview with Janet Sarbanes and Ken Ehrlich". East of Borneo. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  12. ↑ "Allie Rowbottom discusses and signs Jell-o Girls: A Family History, in conversation with Janet Sarbanes | Book Soup". www.booksoup.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  13. ↑ "Letters on the Autonomy Project – punctum books". punctumbooks.com. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  14. ↑ "Art, Freedom, Collectivism: Janet Sarbanes Talks "Letters on the Autonomy Project"". BmoreArt. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  15. ↑ "Janet Sarbanes: The Protester has Been Released :: The Marc Steiner Show". www.steinershow.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  16. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: The Protestor Has Been Released by Janet Sarbanes. C&R Press, $18 trade paper (194p) ISBN 978-1-936196-65-4". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  17. ↑ "Janet Sarbanes's Army of One by Rachel Kushner - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  18. ↑ Weingarten, Marc (2008-07-09). "Into the Wild: Janet Sarbanes and Leni Zumas". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  19. ↑ "Janet Sarbanes's Essay on the Shaker Gift Economy Wins the Battisti Award".
  20. ↑ "CalArts' Janet Sarbanes Wins Writers Grant from Creative Capital - Santa Clarita Arts". santaclaritaarts.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  21. ↑ "Fifty Years Later CalArts Revisits House of Dust: KCRW Design & Architecture". blogs.kcrw.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  22. ↑ "Janet Sarbanes - Grantees - Arts Writers Grant Program". www.artswriters.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
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